Heavy Water and Other Stories
by AMIS, Martin
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0224051261
- ISBN 13
- 9780224051262
- Seller
-
Rippleside, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Bright and unmarked - it's hard to imagine there's a better copy available anywhere. First impression. Octavo in publisher's original navy cloth with gilt title and credit to spine, 231 pages. 'Denton's Death' was first published in 1975, but the other eight stories appear for the first time in this volume.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sad Paradise Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1708370
- Title
- Heavy Water and Other Stories
- Author
- AMIS, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0224051261
- ISBN 13
- 9780224051262
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- FICTION SHORT STORIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Sad Paradise Books
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Rippleside, Victoria
About Sad Paradise Books
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...